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Re: svn:externals using git submodules

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Shawn O. Pearce <spearce@spearce.org>
Date
May 1, 2007, 23:16 UTC
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<20070501231628.GJ5942@spearce.org>
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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:
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> Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
> > But while I'm encouraged that the whole gitlink thing seems to be working 
> > for Andy, and some others are playing with it too, I'm also a bit 
> > discouraged by the fact that there hasn't been any noise or work on the 
> > porcelain side. I was obviously optimistic and hoping we'd see support in 
> > checkout/diff, but I haven't heard anybody talk about actually 
> > implementing .gitmodules and the porcelain support that uses them..
> 
> The thing is, almost all the core git people happen to be busy
> at the same time at this moment.  Johannes has just moved, Shawn
> and I are deep in day-jobs to the neck, ...

Heh, very true. My short-term focus (this week) is git-gui, then pack v4, and probably while working on pack v4 start at least playing with Linus' gitlink thing and prototyping porcleain over it. The gitlink work interests me, and I want to spend time on it, but as Junio said, I'm overbooked...

-- 
Shawn.
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Message 13 of 14 in “svn:externals using git submodules”
  1. Andy ParkinsMay 1, 2007
  2. Chris ShoemakerMay 1, 2007
  3. Shawn O. PearceMay 1, 2007
  4. Chris ShoemakerMay 1, 2007
  5. Shawn O. PearceMay 1, 2007
  6. Andy ParkinsMay 1, 2007
  7. Andy ParkinsMay 1, 2007
  8. Chris ShoemakerMay 1, 2007
  9. Andy ParkinsMay 1, 2007
  10. Chris ShoemakerMay 1, 2007
  11. Linus TorvaldsMay 1, 2007
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2007
  13. Shawn O. PearceMay 1, 2007
  14. Michel JouvinJan 20, 2010

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